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Accidents, Arrests Keep
State Patrol On The Run
A Perry man was arrested
and charged on four counts
each in Houston and Pulaski
counties June 28 after an
accident in which he tried to
outrun a State Patrol Car.
Johnnie B. Blackmon Jr.,
1329 Pierce Street, Perry,
was traveling in a 1970
Dodge on County Road No.
261 (Sandbed Road) in
Houston County. Records
show that he attempted to
outrun Russell I. Harden,
State Trooper, lost control of
his vehicle, ran into the ditch
on the right side, crossed to
the left side and spun around
sideways in front of the
Patrol Car, which collided
into the left side of the Black
mon car
CpL W. D. Blackstock
investigated the accident.
Blackmon was charged with
speeding, passing in pr
ohibited zone, failure to stop
for stop sign, and failure to
stop for red light and siren.
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On June 29 Tpr. C. W.
Sheffield investigated an
accident 1.3 miles east of
Perry on Georgia 127 in
volving a 1968 Chevrolet
driven by Mattie Hotloday
Smith of Route 1, Box 240,
Kathleen, and a 1972
Mustang driven by Ricky
Grand Jury Files Indictments
The March Term Houston
County Grand Jury
presented a long list of in
dictments to Judge Willis K.
Hunt
Charges of the May :i theft
of a bicycle allegedly owned
by Kandy Mullikin and the
Ma> 3 theft of an automobile
valued at (1.400 have been
made against Kandy Howe
and .lolin Crow horn.
l.utrell Studstill Brown is
charged with forgery in the
first degree in connection
with the cashing of a money
order on Feb. 15 at a
supermarket in Kerry
John Milton McCrary is
charged with escape from
the Houston County
Correctional Institibon on
April 12.
H K. Johns is charged
with two counts of forgery in
the first degree in connection
with two checks issued on
June 26, amounting to $l4O.
I-eon Jacobs is charged
with burglary in connection
with entering a Houston
County high school building
Tommy Thompson and H.
C. Thompson, brothers, are
charged with the theft of an
automobile in April,
Calvin Scott is charged
with entering the dwelling of
Phyllis J. Garinger ‘with
Farm Edition This Week
The Houston Home
Journal Farm Edition is
being included in this week's
issue Several people should
be noted for their con
tributions to the Farm
Edition.
From the University of
Georgia Agricultural Ex
tension Departments,
several departments heads
and agronomists contributed
articles They include: J.
Frank McGill, Extension
Agronomist; R. l.
Livingston, Head Extension
Horticulture Dept.; H. K.
Wekrh, Jr., Head Extension
Dairy Dept.; James E.
Jackson, Agronomist; C. D.
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 6. 1972
Glenn Brannan, Perry.
Both were traveling east
on Ga 127. The Smith vehicle
attempted to pass the
Brannan vehicle; Brannan
pulled out to pass an
unknown vehicle while being
passed by Smith. Smith ran
off the road onto the shoulder
to avoid striking the
Mustang and traveled ap
proximately 200 feet, then
skidded approximately 346
feel. After she started
skidding, she came back on
the road and struck the
Mustang on the left rear,
then struck a tree on the
right side of the road.
Brannon skidded ap
proximately 60 feel before
point of impact and ap
proximately 201 feet after,
striking a fence on the left
side of the road,
Treated for injuries at
Perry Houston County
Hospital were Trudy
Holloday, Kathleen,
lacerated eye and bruises;
and I .aUse Jackson, Deer
field, Fla., head injuries.
Mattie Holloday Smith was
charged with speeding.
Ricky Glenn Brannan was
charged with improper
passing.
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A cow owned by John l,ee
intent to commit a felony."
"Criminal damage to
property" of Mrs. Alma L.
Stalnaker, 421 South
Pleasant Hill Koad is the
charge facing Hansel A.
McCullum Jr.
J. 1.. Mallonee and Ellis
Taylor are charged with
theft by conversion in con
nection with SBSO in
materials obtained from
Martin J, Heaver,
Kill Shaner, who is
charged with removing a
S6OO welding machine
from the stale, is charged
with secreting mortgaged
property,
A drug abuse violation
charge involving what was
termed marijuana was made
against Charles 1).
Meacliam.
Salvatore Vitale is
charged with theft by hiking
and theft by receiving stolen
property . The Uieff by hiking
charge involves what the
grand jury called $425 in
U S Greenbacks and coins
belonging to W, W.
Wilkinson."
Martin T Moriarty Jr a
former county deputy
sheriff, is charged with "an
assault on the person of
Perry 1.. Gainous with a
blackjack. a deadly
Spivey, Horticulturist: C.
Nelson Brightwell, Head
Extension Forestry Dept.;
and Virgil Adams who wrote
several features .took pic
tures, and produced the
articles from the Extension
Dept.
Walker-Thompson Supply
and Purina Hog Chow should
be included for their con
tribution of the Farm
Edition Front Page. This is
a Farmer ",
County Agent Frnmelt V.
Whelchel, Jr was the
stratifying force behind the
Farm Edition, writing,
setting up features and
advising the Home Journal
on agricultural ideas.
Davis, Rt. 1 Box 64, Elko,
was struck and killed by a
1972 Chevrolet driven by
Bobby I>ee Davis, Route 2,
Box 111, Perry, July 2 on
U.S. Highway 41 south of
Perry. Trooper ,1. B. Smith
investigated No charges
were made.
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Also on July 2, three
automobiles were involved
in an accident at the Ga. 96
exit on 1-75 3.6 miles north of
Perry. A 1968 White truck
and trailer driven by
Abraham James Sands, 2001
Ryan Road, Augusta, and a
1966 F ord driven by Wanda
Louise Marks, 206 N.
Cherokee St., Ga.
were treaveling south on I
-75.
A 1962 International
pickup truck driven by Willie
Maude Causey, RED, Byron,
pulled into the traffic lane,
causing Marks to cut to the
left to avoid collision with
Causey; Marks collided with
the Sands vehicle, and the
Causey vehicle was not hit in
the collision. Marks stated
that she did not see the Sands
vehicle. No charges were
made.
Cpl. W. I). Blackstock
invesUgated.
weapon."
Karl Chatman is charged
with being involved in the
alleged theft on June ib at
Kimberly's Bar-H-Que
Drive Inn.
Jessie M. Boyd is charged
with converting to his own
use $1,200 said to be the
property of James H.
Joyner, owner of Joyner's
Trailer Park at Centerville.
The alledged illegal con
version is said to have oc
curred between January and
July 1971
Joe U‘wus Richardson is
charged with armed robbery
of Louise Jackson on June 8.
Richardson allegedly used a
knife in the alleged robbery.
Koel I.ynn Mcßride is
charged with forgery in tlu*
first degree in connection
with presenting a
prescription in a fictitious
name to a Warner Robin
pharmacy
Margie McCrary has four
charges against her and
Betty Jean three charges in
connection with alleged
improper use of a credit card
owned by Raymond Sam
ples,
Sylvester Holiday is
charged with shooting into
an automobile belonging to
Bowman Jackson, Jr. and an
assault on Bowman Jackson
111 with a .22 caliber rifle.
Horace Clarington was
indicted on one charge of
possession of burglary tools:
two counts of carrying a
concealed weapon; and
three counts of burglary.
Larry Vaughn, Victor
Gardner and Joe Rowley
were each indicted on four
counts of theft by Liking in
connection with a number of
thefts of Lipe players and
tapes on June 5.
Alton SLmley was charged
with forgery in the first
degree, lie allegedly made a
credit application in the
amount of $213 59 in tin*
name of another person
FOR THE BEST IN LOCAL
NEWS COVERAGE HEAD
THE HOUSTON HOME
JOURNAL.
Mrs. Nancy Britt’s popsickle stick farmyard has almost
outgrown its plywood base in a corner of her bedroom. It’s a
84 Year Old Perryan
Is Popsicle Stick Artist
By Maxine Thompson
When Mrs. Nancy Britt
made a little white house
from popsicle sticks saved
by her family and friends,
she never dreamed this was
the beginning of a hobby that
would eventually end with an
entire farmyard in minature
in a corner of her bedroom.
Too large now for the top of
the chest of drawers there,
the scene is set on a large
plywood board that extends
to add several more inches in
length and width. It is
crowded with buildings and
animals, and this 84 year old
great-grandmother keeps
adding more.
She can’t remember just
when she made the house,
but in 1968 she saw a big red
barn set off in a field alone
somewhere between Ferry
and Atlanta, and when she
returned home she sat down
and copied it in popsickle
sticks and red paint. It is so
realistic that it even has a
piece of wasp nest complete
with dead wasp hanging
from the eaves, and a plastic
rat in a feed trough.
She had to start pur
chasing popsickle sticks
because she kept making
objects faster than they
could be saved. Next to the
house there is a garage.
Beside the barn are two tall,
round silos.
“Did you notice what those
bands around the silos are
made of'’” Mrs. Britt asked
with twinkling eyes. A closer
look revealed that they are
made from the plastic
covered wire twistems from
bread wrappers, painted to
match the tops of the silos.
Between the garage and
silos is her pride and joy -a
little one-holer outhouse,
complete with Sears,
Roebuck catalog! She laughs
like a schoolgirl when a
visitor exclaims over that bit
of nostalgia from the old
farm days.
Her covered well has a
real gourd dipper hanging on
one side, and a well bucket
that can be let up and down
on a rope. An artificial
mosquito hawk perches on a
comer of the roof, while a
real dead bumblebee clings
to a sloped side.
All kinds of farm animals
have been collected through
the years, and even now her
grandchildren or great
grandchildren bring or send
new minatures they think
she will like to add to the
scene. There are horses, a
donkey, and a pony hitched
to a cart.
A sow lies on her side
feeding a bunch of tiny pink
pigs, while other hogs are
near. Some chickens drink
from a trough while others
stand bristling before a goat
with lowered head, which
looks like the beginning of a
farmyard fight.
Geese, ducks, sheep, and
dogs are in the yard. Hens
are sitting on nests, and the
tiniest of biddies can be seen
with one of them.
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Mrs. Nancy Britt shows some of the doll beds
never-ending project, with her grandchildren and great
grandchildren sending her tiny animals to add to her
collection.
This grandmother of 25
and great grandmother of 36
was 84 on April 1.
“On April Fool’s day,” she
chuckled, “and I sure fooled
'em! They thought I’d be a
boy and I turned out to be a
girl!.“
Her husband passed away
in 1951 and the next year she
came from her native
Crawford County to make
her home with her daughter,
Mrs. Henry Arnold, and her
family. She has arthritis and
can’t bend over any more,
but a giant pair of wooden
tongs helps her to pick up
objects from the floor, and a
magnet on the end retrieves
dropped pins or needles.
She has turned her
bedroom into a regular
workshop, for she has other
hobbies besides popsickle
art. She turns cigar boxes
and stick clothespins into
charming doll beds for
relatives and friends.
For legs, she glues four
wooden thread spols to the
solid bottom corners of the
box, using white glue.
The clothespins are glued to
head and foot in a
variety of shapes - pointed or
rounded arch, straight
across, or four poster. For
some, she makes mattress,
bedspread and pillow for doll
beds.
Others are used by
grownups. Painted, they
make unusual sewing boxes,
with plenty of room in the
cigar box for pin cushion,
tape measure, scissors,
thread, and other objects.
Another good use for them on
a dresser or bathroom
counter top is to hold hair
curlers.
Mrs. Britt pieces quilts
she makes from cigar boxes, clothes pins and
thread spools.
sometimes, too, but said her
sight is now too bad to bother
with patterns. She just
makes them in colorful
strips. The thing she misses
most in old age, she says, is
not being able to see to read
her Bible. A devout Baptist,
she derived much comfort
and pleasure from the
Scriptures, and now
someone has to read them
to her.
Her family consisted of
seven girls, and all are still
living. They include Louella
King, Jacksonville, Florida;
Emma Lee Conner,
Dawsonville, Georgia; Susie
Arnold, Perry, Ga.; Josie
Luther, Douglasville, Ga.;
Daisy King, Chesapeake,
Virgina ; Martha Biddy,
Lawrenceville, Ga.; and
Gladys Mathis, Perry, Ga.